X-Session, Unfiltered

On Saturday, September 4, we will be celebrating the Labor Day weekend on the North Fork at Claudio’s,111 Main St., Greenport. Please note that this a Saturday gig, which is customary for us at Claudio’s on a Holiday weekend. We play from 2 until 6. I also see that this is our last public date in September until we reurn to Claudio’s on Saturday September 25, the weekend of the Maritime Festival.

Ed and I have a couple of duo gigs in the interim —  playing at Lola’s Wine Bar in Long Beach on Friday September 17th, and at Churchill’s in Rockville Centre on Friday September 24th.

And then there’s me. I play solo at 7 PM this Wednesday evening, September 1, at a cool Southwest-type place called RS Jones, 153 Merrick Ave., Merrick. There’s bar seating as well as some terrific Tex-Mex cuisine in the dining room, and I can be heard throughout.

And this and every Thursday at 7 PM I play solo at a comfortable little place in Bellmore called Greek Delight. They’re located at 2601 Merrick Rd. There’s a few cocktail tables if that is your desire, or delicious Greek food at the tables.

Please have a safe holiday weekend, talk to you next week.

Pat

Saturday night August 28th will find the full X-Session lineup playing at Tide Runners, 7 North Rd., Hampton Bays. A few things worth mentioning about this one: it’s early – we start at 6:30 and play until 9:30 sharp to placate the neighbors – and it’s weather-dependent so keep an eye on the sky and look for a Twitter update from me if we have a last minute rainout.

Yes, Twitter. I’m no Lindsay Lohan or Chad Ochocinco but I started the Twitter account to be able to disseminate last-minute info (such as weather cancellations) from my cell phone. In fact my last “tweet” was about a June 12 rainout at Tiderunners, so rest assured I won’t pester you with tweets about me doing my laundry. To receive our tweets on your cell phone simply text “follow XSessionmusic” to 40404.

Don’t forget the holiday weekend is only two weeks away – I know, incredible. We will be at Claudio’s111 Main St., Greenport on Saturday, September 4 at 2 PM to celebrate it.

And, in what should come as no surprise to anyone who regularly reads this far down, I will be playing my weekly solo gig at Greek Delight, 2601 Merrick Rd., Bellmore, on Thursday night, August 26th.

My entire solo schedule, as well as any gigs with either Eddie, Joe, or both, can now be found at the still-under-construction website: patmontefusco.com. Catchy name, huh? Like I said, it’s still a work in progress but it does have the smaller X-Session combos’ appearances in the meantime.

There you have it. Talk to you next week.

Pat

The full X-Session lineup will be playing in Greenport on Saturday afternoon, August 21, from 2 PM until 6 at Claudio’s,111 Main St. Odd that we’re playing on a Saturday when it isn’t a holiday weekend, but a Saturday it is.

And if you need to warm-up for that one, you can catch me playing all by my lonesome twice this week. I’ll be at La Bottega, 4883 Merrick Rd., Massapequa Park on Tuesday evening from 6:30 until 9 and at Greek Delight, 2601 Merrick Rd., Bellmore on Thursday from 7 until 10.

Don’t forget to drop by our website, www.xsessionmusic.com from time to time. Have a good week — see you soon.

Pat